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Dear colleagues, 

I would like to draw your attention to our new study, together with the European Economic and Social Council (EESC), and our DIE Briefing Paper on Non-state Climate Action in the European Union (EU). 

The need for more, and more effective, non-state actions is evident given the fact that current EU climate policies are inconsistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement. According to the Climate Action Tracker, the EU’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) is insufficient; if all governments had targets similar to the EU, global warming could exceed 2°C and possibly even 3°C. 

Within the dynamic field of non-state climate action, however, EU-based non-state actors can be considered global leaders. Actions led by EU-based businesses, cities and civil society represent the majority of cooperative initiatives registered with the UNFCCC. Our study finds that actions led by EU-based non-state actors perform well compared to the global average.  However, the implementation of non-state actions is not evenly distributed. In absolute terms, existing initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe are underrepresented. Moreover, few actions led by EU-based non-state actors are recorded in international platforms in areas such as forestry, transport and construction. 

Our study with the EESC and D.I.E. Briefing Paper explore what is necessary to accelerate non-state actions and enhance their effectiveness in the EU. As a solution we suggest that a light-touch framework to stimulate bottom-up climate actions. This framework should respond to the needs and challenges experienced by a range of stakeholders while building on existing efforts. 

To access the study and the briefing paper, please click the below links: 
DIE Briefing Paper "Boosting Non-state Climate Action in the European Union". 
EESC Study "Toolbox for Multi-Stakeholder Climate Partnerships. A Policy Framework to Stimulate Bottom-up Climate Actions". 

Best regards, 

Sander Chan 

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Dr. Sander Chan 
Senior Researcher 
Adj. Asst Prof. at Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University 
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) 
Tulpenfeld 6
D-53113 Bonn, Germany 
 +49-228-94 927-293 
✉ sander.chan@die-gdi.de 
 www.die-gdi.de 
 www.sanderchan.nl 
 www.climategroundswell.org Open dialogues on climate action by private & regional stakeholders 
 www.twitter.com/sanderchan 
Selected recent publications: 
Hsu, Angel / Oscar Widerberg / Amy Weinfurter / Sander Chan / Mark Roelfsema / Katharina Lütkehermöller / Fatemeh Bakhtiari (2018) Bridging the emissions gap: the role of non-state and subnational actors - pre-release version of a chapter of the forthcoming UN Environment Emissions Gap Report 2018, Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme 
Philipp Pattberg / Sander Chan / Lisa Sanderink / Oscar Widerberg (2018) Linkages: understanding their role in polycentric governance, in: Andrew Jordan / Dave Huitema / Harro van Asselt / Johanna Forster (eds.), Governing climate change: polycentricity in action?, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Pr, 169-187 
Pauw, Pieter / Sander Chan (2018) Multistakeholder partnerships for adaptation: the role of micro, small and medium enterprises, in: Caroline Schaer / Natasha Kuruppu (eds.), Private-sector action in adaptation: perspectives on the role of micro, small and medium size enterprises, Copenhagen: UNEP DTU, 98-109 
Chan, Sander / Paula Ellinger / Oscar Widerberg (2018) Exploring national and regional orchestration of non-state action for a < 1.5 °C world, published on International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 19 January 2018 (online first) 
Chan, Sander / Robert Falkner / Matthew Goldberg / Harro van Asselt (2018), Effective and geographically balanced? An output-based assessment of non-state climate actions, in: Climate Policy 18 (1), 24-35

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